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Perfection
PERFEC'TION, n. [L. perfectio.] The state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; as perfection in an art or science; perfection in a system of morals.
1. Physical perfection, is when a natural object has all its powers, faculties or qualities entire and in full vigor, and all its parts in due proportion.
2. Metaphysical or transcendental perfection, is the possession of all the essential attributes or all the parts necessary to the integrity of a substance. This is absolute,where all defect is precluded, such as the perfection of God; or according to its kind, as in created things.
3. Moral perfection, is the complete possession of all moral excellence, as in the Supreme Being; or the possession of such moral qualities and virtues as a thing is capable of.
4. A quality, endowment or acquirement completely excellent, or of great worth.
In this sense, the word has a plural.
What tongue can her perfections tell?
5. An inherent or essential attribute of supreme or infinite excellence; or one perfect in its kind; as the perfections of God. The infinite power, holiness,justice, benevolence and wisdom of God are denominated his perfections.
6. Exactness; as, to imitate a model to perfection.
perfection appears in definitions for these words:
Abortiveness Acme All-perfect All-perfectness Ascribe At Attainable Attend Best Bloom Chapless Colon Complement Completeness Concoction Consummation Credible Crude Decay Declension Defect Derivative Desideratum Divine Dough-baked Effect Enripen Eon Evil Exquisitely Faith Finishing Fullness Glory Goodness Green Hand Hight Hither Humor Illuminati Illustrate Illustrious Immatureness Improve Inadequate Infinite Infinitude Infinity Lapse Law Make Mature Matured Matureness Mechanically Mellow Mildew Onward Operation Organic Original Paragon Peach Perfect Perfectible Perfection Perfectionist Perfective Perfectively Perfectness Praise Prayer Prime Proclaim Religion Representative Reverence Richness Righteousness Ripe Ripen Ripeness Round Sceptic Scepticism Shade Shake Still Sublimation Ternary Thummim Uncommunicated Unripe Urim Water-melon
Abortiveness Acme All-perfect All-perfectness Ascribe At Attainable Attend Best Bloom Chapless Colon Complement Completeness Concoction Consummation Credible Crude Decay Declension Defect Derivative Desideratum Divine Dough-baked Effect Enripen Eon Evil Exquisitely Faith Finishing Fullness Glory Goodness Green Hand Hight Hither Humor Illuminati Illustrate Illustrious Immatureness Improve Inadequate Infinite Infinitude Infinity Lapse Law Make Mature Matured Matureness Mechanically Mellow Mildew Onward Operation Organic Original Paragon Peach Perfect Perfectible Perfection Perfectionist Perfective Perfectively Perfectness Praise Prayer Prime Proclaim Religion Representative Reverence Richness Righteousness Ripe Ripen Ripeness Round Sceptic Scepticism Shade Shake Still Sublimation Ternary Thummim Uncommunicated Unripe Urim Water-melon
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